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To Menelek in a Motor-Car

To Menelek in a Motor-Car

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An account of Bede J. F. Bentley's journey by Wolseley motor-car from Djibouti through Somalia to Addis Ababa, delivering the vehicle as a gift to Emperor Menelek II of Ethiopia — reportedly the first automobile in the country. Illustrated with 72 photographic plates and a map by Bentley himself, with an introduction by Herbert Weld-Blundell. This copy is distinguished by an inked autograph of Bede Bentley beneath the frontispiece portrait, together with an embossed publisher's compliments marking to the title page.

  • Author: Hallé, Clifford
  • Publisher: Hurst and Blackett, Limited
  • Place: London
  • Year: 1913
  • Physical: 22 x 14cm, xvi + 312pp, original blue cloth, 72 photographic plates and folding map
  • Inscription: Autograph of B. Bentley (Bede J. F. Bentley, photographer and subject of the book) inked beneath frontispiece portrait; publisher's compliments slip embossed to title page upper right
  • Condition: Good
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